St. Angus
Strange Roots Experimental Ales

on draft

dark brown in color, cream colored head. good head retention. aroma of dark malts - caramel, bread, raisin, with a touch of fruits - black cherry, plum. similar flavors in the taste, just a very mild tartness. medium bodied.

500 ml bottle, has some age on it

Pours a hazy oak brown, yellowish white head is fine, pillowy, and retains indefinitely.

Smells of apple cider vinegar, orange blossom honey, banana esters, fragrant cloves, and cinnamon.

Flavor is of rich cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, banana, sweet apple, oatmeal, and hints of acetic acid tartness over an oak finish.

Medium to full viscous body, light velvety carbonation on the tongue. Slight booze warmth going down.

Like a bottle full of homemade apple pie. Not sure what this tastes like fresh, but it's pretty special in vintage. I will hopefully grab a few more of these in the future to sit on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a very carbonated deep plum. Head dissipates quickly. Clove and cinnamon shine through on the aroma with a little belgian yeast / hay undertone. The orange is there if you strain. Taste is very spice forward with lots of clove & coriander right off the bat. That fades and the end has more of the ginger and some Belgian yeast. Orange at the ebd, but I felt it clashed with the rest of the brew. Honey is there for mouthfeel which is slick. The spice / sweet combo here is unique and the beer has lots going on, but not all the flavors compliment each other and the spice overwhelms at the beginning. Draai Laag turns out interesting beers, but this isn't their best.

 

500 ml bottle from Draai Laag’s winter pack—into a Draai Laag tulip.

I call this Draai Laag’s “winter warmer.” Ginger-forward, spicy-clovey, molasses, and I get the slightly bitter citrus finish that another reviewer called buried Triple Sec : )

At 9.7%, it’s a sipper. Complex like all Draai Laag concoctions.

 

 

 

I have visited the Draai Laag Brewer on several different occasions and have never had a lousy beer. All they do is churn out delicious beer.
I would guess I have tried 8-10 of their beers. My biggest complaint is that the names of the beers are so incomprehensible, that my brain does not remember which ones I have had.
I do remember St. Angus. It is excellent. Smooth, Strong, Bold Flavor that tastes like a big beer should.

 

 

Very tasty. Smells almost like wine. Big clove taste!